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How to Win Ryze vs Draven Counter MatchupRyze is in the a tier of champions

Ryze vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Ryze

based on 1,126 Ryze vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League matches each and every week. Within our database, Ryze faced Draven in 1126 rounds. Including so many matchups for Ryze vs Draven provides us faith in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a recommended build to wreck your opposition. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Ryze fights Draven in only 3.3% of his games.

Ryze vs Draven Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze does a poor job of beating Draven. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.1% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Ryze vs Draven rounds, Ryze’s team is 0.2% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Draven.

Best Ryze vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCatalyst of Aeons

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassCosmic DriveStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
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Second ability for Ryze to level upe
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Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Draven as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Draven

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Advice to Win Against Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Ryze vs Draven Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Draven Image
5.7
< Kills >
8.7
5.4
< Deaths >
6.4
6.2
< Assists >
5.6
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
2
187
< Minions Killed >
174
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.52
991
< Physical Damage >
22,865
21,690
< Magic Damage >
125
269
< True Damage >
467
22,951
< Damage Dealt >
23,457
25,269
< Damage Taken >
22,371
11,697
< Gold Earned >
13,836
2.15
< Towers >
2.46
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,171
< Total Healing >
7,037
15,507
< Experience >
12,385
18
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
7
92
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Draven with Ryze in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Ryze against Draven matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Draven..

Ryze often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Draven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ryze and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Draven

Who is Better, Ryze or Draven?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when taking on Draven, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes a bad counter to Draven.

While Ryze does have a lower win rate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Dravenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ryze also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Ryze is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ryze

Ryze Loses Against

MalzaharMalzahar43.7% winrateLissandraLissandra44.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune44.9% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Ryze Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.9% winrateZeriZeri58.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner57.7% winrateOlafOlaf55.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank+ 53.5% 1415 GamesZedZed+ 53.5% 550 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.5% 4543 GamesBraumBraum+ 56.2% 418 Games

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Ryze, we analyzed 1,126 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Ryze comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ryze to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Ryze versus Draven build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Draven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Draven with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Draven as Ryze, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Ryze vs Draven clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Ryze x Draven tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using every match with data with these champs.